Lubricating device.



No, 874,883. PATENTED DEC. 24, 1907.

A. P. CLARKE.

LUBRICATING DEVICE.

' APPLICATION PITHP'T) AUG.14. 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT o FIo I "ARTHUR F. CLARKE, or BU'rLEarE NsYLvANIn To all whom it may concern: 5

Be it known that I, An'rHUR'F. CLARKE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Butler, in the county of Butler and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lubricating Devices of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accom anying drawing.

T 's invention relates to a lubricating device, especially adapted for use with engines and like machines which employ a crank case, and its object is tov provide simple and convenient means for automatically supplying lubricant to one or more moving parts of the mechanism.

The invention consists in the combination with a revoluble disk or crank of an oil chamber within which the disk or crank revolves, a. suitably supported scraper or oil gathering receptacle arranged in such relation to the peripheral surface ofthe disk or crank as to adapt it to collect oil therefrom, and one or more oil delivery pipes leading from said scraper or oil gathering receptacle to the bearings or other arts of the machine re- 1 quiring constant lu rication.

The invention also includes novel means for supportinglsthe oil gatherer in proper relation to the k or crank, and for ad usting said oil gatherer.

' The construction of the im rovement will be morespecifically describe hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawing,

which forms a part of this specification, and its novel features will be defined in the appended claims. a

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation artly broken away of a crank case with the improved lubricating device in position therein, and Fig. 2 is a detail sectional-view showing the manner of securing the oil gatherer inposition. i

The reference numeral 1 designates the crank casinghaving a crank shaft 2 mounted therein, in suitable bearings, one of which 15 conventionally represented by dotted lines in Fig. 1 and designated b the numeral 3.

The lower portion 4 o the crank casing serves as an oil chamber, the oil level thereof being indicated on the drawing.

U on the crank shaft 2 is mounted a disk 5 whic 1 as shown extends down into the oil in ,ILUBRIGATING, DEVICE.-

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end 7 in close pro 'tnity-tmthe periphery of the disk to permit thescoop-like gatherer to scra e the oil from the disk. The upper side of t e oil gatherer is preferably partly covered say for about two-thirds of its length to adapt it to accumulate and hold oil. From the oil gatherer 6 extend any desired number of oil delivery pipes to convey oil to the bearings or other parts of a machine re uirir'ig lubrication. I have shown two of t ese pipes in the drawing one designated b I the nu meral 8 leading to the bearing 3 o the shaft and the'other pipe 9 being adapted to convey.

oil to some other part of the machine.

The oil gatherer may be supported by any suitable means but I have shown in Fig. 2 a simple and inexpensive ineans for this purpose comprising the pipe 9, one end 10 of which extends through a threaded opening in the side of the crank case, and through a SlIIlllar opening in the side of the oil gathering de vice, and is threaded to receive a jam nut 11 whichfirmly clam s the'oil gatherer against the crank case. be apparent permits of the adjustment of the oil gatherer with relation to the periphery of the revoluble disk and b this construction the pi e 9 serves the doub e purpose of a conduit or the oil, and a support for the oil gatherer.

I have shown the crank case provided with the usual hood removably secured b bolts 12,andhavingaremovable handholep ate 13.

r The operatlon of the improvement will be readily understood from the foregoing de scriptlon in connection with the drawingland it Wlll be apparent that the device pr ides a practical and inexpensive automati oiler capable of feeding oil simultaneously to different parts of a machine.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

. 1. The combination with an oil chamber, j

of a rotary shaft, an oil collector in the form. of 109 a disk mounted on said shaft, to rotate there.-

with and extending into said oil chamber,'zftnoil gatherer adapted to scra e the oilfrom' the periphery of said disk, an pipes suppprt;

oi gatherer and communicatip 10b therewith at opposite sides thereof, thefsai ing sai pipes in addition to their. function as'a support for the oil gatherer serving as feed pipes I to conduct the oil from the gatherer to the parts to be lubricated.

2. The combination with a crank case, having an oil chamber, of a shaft revolubly hissecuring device as will 80 mounted Within said crank case, a disk through the oil gatherer, and a jam-nut on mounted on said shaft, and projected into said pipe. 10 the oil chamber, an oil gatherer adapted to In testimony whereof I aflix my signature scrape oil from the periphery of said disk, in the presence of two witnesses.

one or more pipes leading from said oil gath- ARTHUR F. CLARKE. erer, and means for supporting the oil gath- Witnesses:

erer adjustably, comprising a threaded pipe A. J. Tmoc,

extending through the crank case and J. C. MILLER. 

